Researched and produced by William Franklin of Iowa State University's Department of Animal Ecology and directed by Megan Epler Wood

Study of the wild guanaco, descendent of ancient North American camels, ancestor of today's domesticated llama and alpaca, and the only large mammal in the southernmost 1,000 miles of South America. Examines the communication behavior of this now-protected species and documents its unique social system, in which family groups aggressively defend fixed territories and expel dependent yearlings

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